New race slated for Laguna Seca in 2014

1:25 AM,
Sep. 24, 2013

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ray sotero
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American sports car racing will be reborn in 2014, unifying two rival series into an 11-stop, multiple-class showcase providing front-row seats to California motor sports fans at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

In the past four days racing experts expressed relief, drivers voiced optimism, the organizing body confirmed venues, dates and, perhaps most valuable of all, a title sponsor: Tudor watches, a subsidiary of Rolex of Switzerland.

Unveiled last week as Tudor United SportsCar Championship, the series replaces the American LeMans and Grand-Am ...